Blue Origin: The Movie , the documentary about the creation and launch of Blue Origin’s first crewed mission to space, will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will act as director, executive producer, and star. The film traces Bezos’ interest in space travel from a young age, when, as a high school senior, he proposed a park that would orbit the Earth, populated with people. The film then moves to the origin story of the Amazon company, detailing how it devastated hundreds and hundreds of companies and their employees on its way to online shopping dominance - but then, the doc moves on to the good stuff: the launch of Jeff Bezos into space. The film features exclusive behind-the-scenes access of Bezos training for the spaceflight, along with the 18-year-old son-of-a-billionaire Oliver Daemen, who was also on the 10-minute flight. Two other non-billionaire affiliated crew members are also featured in minor roles. The movie features exclu...
Netflix Afghanistan, now operating under Taliban executive leadership, will finally release a streaming version of Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty . "We think enough time has passed since the deep national Afghani sadness over the death of one of its remarkable and uniting citizens, Osama Bin Laden,” said Netflix President Mohammad Wasiq. “Netflix, along with the movie's producers, hopes that Zero Dark Thirty can play a small but significant role in national healing and unite the nation." The newly-edited version to stream on Netflix Afghanistan will remove any negative references to the the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, any revealing exterior shots of Afghanistan, and has also cut out the scenes of torture. The company also added burkas in post-production to cover up any visual references to women. The killing of Osama Bin Laden was also, sadly, left on the cutting room floor. As of press time, bootleg copies of the film were being sold in black...